The public is best served by massage therapists:
• Whose education and skills make them able
to demonstrate their competence.
• Whose treatments are definable, medically
defensible and can be documented.
• Are committed to improving their skills
through ongoing education.
• Adhere to a code of ethics and maintain
high standards of practise.
Practice
Statement:
"Massage therapy is applied with the intent of producing a therapeutic
outcome, assessing physical function and treating dysfunction caused by injury
or disease in order to rehabilitate or augment physical function or relieve
pain, thus promotiong health of soft tissue and joints of the body."
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